ce
might be permitted to visit me. This letter I was promised should be
punctually delivered. I had now the painful duty to perform of choosing
between Henriette and Genevieve, as only one attendant was allowed me at
_Pont aux Dames_. Henriette pleaded her claim as my servant, while the
excellent Genevieve timidly urged her early friendship.

"Let chance decide it," cried I. They drew lots, and Genevieve was
selected.

We reached Pont aux Dames in the middle of the night; it was a miserable
looking place, which took its date from the time of Saint Louis or
Charlemagne for ought I know. What a contrast met my eyes between
this ruinous old building, its bare walls, wooden seats, and gloomy
casements, and the splendor of Versailles or Choisy; all my firmness
forsook me, I threw myself weeping into the arms of Genevieve.

A courier-had announced my intended arrival, and I found all the good
sisters impatient to see me. What eager curiosity did the pious nuns
evince to behold one of whom they had heard so much even in their quiet
retreat, and how many questions had I to reply to from those who had
the courage to address me. Alas! I, of all the throng assembled, was the
most anxious for quiet and solitude.

I was lodged in the best apartments, which, however magnificent the good
people of _Pont aux Dames_ might consider them, were not on a par with
the granaries of Lucienne. But complaint was useless, and I could only
resign myself to what was offered me.

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